Book Description

One day after a failed survival test, Thyran's headmaster, Haza asks to see him. Not giving him any information, Haza opens a secret door in his office and leads him down a stairway into the earth. Below there are several people waiting. Thyran is introduced and is told that each person there would be teaching him a different subject. They tell him of the terrible things happening in his country that the school kept him oblivious to. Thyran didn't know what happened to his family when he was taken from them years before, now he finds out that they are alive. He is ready to find them, but Haza must leave and tells Thyran that he needs to stay there to be trained. Thyran's first day at his new school goes well. He takes several classes. After he finishes, he heads back to his room to rest. On his way to speak to his headmaster about his classes, the school is attacked. A classmate shows him where to hide. After the creatures have left, a meeting is called. The school has been devastated. Thyran goes to the infirmary to try to help. There he finds one of his teachers unconscious. He is told that the creatures use a poison to place their enemies into a coma. There is only one antidote and it is in a land controlled by their enemies. He acts on impulse and gets a group together to go after the herb. While he is recruiting, Haza comes back, bringing Thyran's best friend with him. Eight people start on the journey together. Meanwhile, Janla, Thyran's teacher and friend who was injured, wakes to find herself in a strange world. She begins walking, not knowing what else to do. Eventually she meets a man that offers to take her to the capital city of that world. She agrees. Along the way they meet up with the man's brother. As the city come into sight, Janla begins to fear. The city is black and empty. The first man goes into the palace to announce their arrival. His brother whispers to Janla. He says she isn't safe and should go with him. Not knowing what else to do, she follows. When one of the group is killed in a skirmish, Thyran's will is tested. Will he be able to lead the others to Cremin and back? Will they find the herb where it is supposed to grow?